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IMS Transaction Manager

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Reuse of DB2 connections and DB2 prepared statements in IMS JMP regions

Java applications running in an IMS JMP region have to reestablish the DB2 connection for each input message they process. Because of this prepared statements also cannot be reused when processing the next input message. They have to be prepared a...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 3 Not under consideration

Request IBM to add EXPRTIME= for IMS Fast Path transactions

When Fast Path transactions are not processing quickly enough they can back up in IMS, increasing the storage utilized to contain control blocks associated with them. If an IMS expiration value is set, transactions that aren't processed before tha...
almost 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 0 Not under consideration

Autonomic MAXTP TPIPE limit

IMS should optionally autonomically calculate TPIPE limits, instead of making clients calculate what their MAXTP parameter should be.
almost 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Remove constraints on number of OTMA resources

We need IMS to allow a much larger number of OTMA resources like TPIPEs, YQABS, etc than currently possible.
about 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Set timeout value on a MQ descriptor (to tell MQ how long time the message stay on the MQ queue before it is deleted)

Be able to set a timeout value for an asynchronous message to MQ using an MQ descriptor. (To tell MQ how long time the message should stay on the MQ queue before it is deleted.)
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Not under consideration

Specify OTMA Destination Descriptors for TYPE=MQSERIES in DFSYDTx in shared PROCLIB

Implementation of TYPE=MQSERIES descriptors in DFSYDTx member have some drawbacks when using a shared PROCLIB.In an IMSplex with two MQ members, one in each LPAR with different names, you have to define the descriptor for both in the same DFSYDTx ...
over 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic calculation of YTIB and TPIPE limits according storage available

IMS should enhancement the TPIPEs and YTIBs blocks allocation, calculating dynamically the limit to be created according the amount of extended private available. This could be by client choice, for example, setting a parameter MAXTP=MAX instead M...
about 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Terminal Management 1 Not under consideration

A dynamic PRELOAD in dependant IMS region

Hi, For a Message Processing Region or Fast Path Region, it is possible to enable PRELOAD with a list of modules specified in a DFSMPLxx member of the IMS PROCLIB. To maintain a such static list in DFSMPLxx member is quit a heavy task. If it will ...
about 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

Make the SHUTDWN parameter of MSGQUEUE macro overridable

Make the SHUTDWN parameter of the MSGQUEUE macro overridable with a new parameter in the DFSPBxxx proclib member or in any other proclib member
about 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

Provide a way to reset the RM Program Resource from other than the owning IMS

We need to reset the RM Program Resource by command, from other IMS than the owning IMS, to release a program that is held by a failed IMS.
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 1 Not under consideration

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